EXCHEQUER GRANTS
AID TO LOCAL BODIES
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, February 24,
In commending to the House of Commons tonight a Bill which incorporates the revised formula for the distribution of the Exchequer's stock grants to local authorities, announced recently, the Minister of Health, Sir Kingsley Wood, said that the proposals represented the result of much patience and laborious work on the part of local authorities In collaboration with the Ministry of Health. They should be regarded asN a still further strengthening of the local government system, placing its relations with the Exchequer on an improved basis and. bringing substantial aid to those areas of the country whose need was greatest. Local authorities in special and necessitous areas would obtain substantial assistance. :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1937, Page 8
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122EXCHEQUER GRANTS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1937, Page 8
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